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sionaries very courteously, with the following 

 answer : c They rejoiced exceedingly at our 

 happiness in being thus favoured by the Great 

 Spirit, and felt very grateful that we had con- 

 descended to remember our brethren in the 

 wilderness. But they could not help recollect- 

 ing that we had a people among us, who because 

 they differed from us in colour, we had made 

 slaves of, and made them suffer great hardships, 

 and lead miserable lives. Now they could not 

 see any reason, if a people being black entitled 

 us thus to deal with them, why a red colour 

 would not equally justify the same treatment. 

 They therefore had determined to wait, to see 

 whether all the black people amongst us were 

 made thus happy, and joyful, before they could 

 put confidence in our promises ; for they thought 

 a people who had suffered so much, and so long, 

 by our means, should be entitled to our first 

 attention ; that therefore they had sent back 

 the two missionaries, with many thanks, pro- 

 mising, that when they saw the black people 

 among us restored to freedom and happiness, 

 they would gladly receive our missionaries.' 



Adelah, however, expressed a great desire to 

 settle with his tribe, on lands for which he had 

 often made application, as contiguous to their 

 fishing and hunting grounds, but which he had 



